Research Areas
Research Interests
History of Science - Biology, Genetics, Eugenics, Data, Genomics
Race and Ethnicity - Latina/o Studies
Public History
Education
M.A. History, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, 2024
Latina/o studies graduate minor, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, 2024
B.S. Biology and African American Studies, Bioethics emphasis, University of Puget Sound, 2020
Awards and Honors
Teachers Ranked as Excellent, Fall 2024 & Spring 2024
Centennial Grant, History of Science Society, Fall 2024
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Research Grant, Summer 2024
William and Virginia Waterman Scholarship in Academic Excellence, Spring 2024
Honorable Mention, National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Program, 2022
Graduate Fellowship, University of Illinois, 2021-Present
Courses Taught
History 103 - The History of Everything: the Big Bang to Big Data - TA Fall 23' & Fall 24'
History 171 - US History to 1877 - TA Spring 24'
LLS/HIST 279 - Mexican American History - TA Spring 25'
Involvement in renaming the Slater Museum of Natural History at the University of Puget Sound in Tacoma, Washington.
University of Puget Sound to remove name of eugenics professor from museum
University of Puget Sound removes name of professor from on-campus museum
The History of Eugenics at Puget Sound and Beyond
University of Puget Sound to Remove Name of Former Professor from Museum of Natural History